After an off-season spent ranking things, I’m doing an about-face to start... ranking different things.
Let’s get one thing out of the way first. In this column last year, I may or may not have cursed the players I listed. Three never played a down for the 49ers -- two didn’t make the team (Jerry Attaochu, Joe Williams), another was hurt in the preseason (Jerick McKinnon). Another was cut in mid-season (The LB Who Will Not Be Named). The number one player listed (Jimmy Garoppolo) sustained a season-ending injury in Week 3.